Arsenal come into the game on the back of an impressive 1 - 1 draw away to champions Manchester City and a comfortable 6 - 1 victory
over League 1's Coventry City in the Capital One Cup.
Belgian international them completed the scoring just minutes from time, after his 25 - yard effort as deflected in to give Spurs a comfortable 3 - 0
over the League 1 minnows.
Not exact matches
The Switzerland - based institute analysed performance data
over the last three months from Europe's «big five» football
leagues — England's Premier
League, Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A, Germany's Bundesliga, and France's Ligue
1.
I will start by saying that I have been an umpire for
over 20 years, umpired
100s of games from Little
League to Junior College and I would guess that I have made an obstruction call in less than
1 % of those games.
The striker bagged the only goal of Boxing Day's
1 - 0 win
over West Bromwich Albion, and that was Giroud's first
league start of the campaign.
The 26 - year - old has been one of the top performers in Ligue
1 in recent seasons, scoring 20 +
league goals
over the last three years with last season his most prolific yet with 37 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions.
The biggest talking point from Chelsea's
1 - 0 Premier
League victory
over Everton on Wednesday night was not the result, but Branislav Ivanovic's apparent attack on James McCarthy.
Mesut Ozil showed he's a class act with his gesture to young fans after inspiring Arsenal to today's
1 - 0 win
over Newcastle in the Premier
League.
Walcott has netted three in the
league since his return, including two key goals in 2 -
1 wins
over Leicester City and Man City, but has fallen way down the pecking order in recent months.
Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney has accused Chelsea of getting referee Mike Dean on their side during the
1 - 0 win
over the Red Devils at Stamford Bridge, putting them
10 points clear at the top of the
league.
Despite missing three months of the campaign, the 28 - year - old has still managed to score
14 goals in the
league but has failed to find the back of net since the 4 -
1 victory
over Liverpool at the start of last month.
The Sun reported earlier this week that Ryan Giggs had been given more training and matchday responsibilities at the club, as the Old Trafford hierarchy begin to lose faith in the Dutch manager, while Paul Scholes became the latest Red Devils great to slam the manager following the unimpressive, last - minute
1 - 0 victory
over League One Sheffield United in the FA Cup [BT Sport as per the Mirror].
The Colombian dropped the ball
over the line to gift the Greek side a 2 -
1 lead as they went on to win 3 - 2, condemning the Gunners to a second consecutive Champions
League loss.
However things seem to have developed ever so slightly in the past week, as Lacazette has reportedly shown frustrations
over the move and current rumours suggest that he is looking towards a move to the Premier
League, having spent his entire career so far in Ligue
1.
Arsenal secured what could be a decisive win in the Premier
League title race after claiming a 2 -
1 victory
over Leicester City on Sunday.
The Tigers have lost only once in the
league under new manager Marco Silva, and that was against runaway Premier League champions Chelsea, whilst being able to boast of wins over Liverpool and Bournemouth, as well as a draw at Old Trafford and a 2 - 1 League Cup second - leg win over Manchester United to
league under new manager Marco Silva, and that was against runaway Premier
League champions Chelsea, whilst being able to boast of wins over Liverpool and Bournemouth, as well as a draw at Old Trafford and a 2 - 1 League Cup second - leg win over Manchester United to
League champions Chelsea, whilst being able to boast of wins
over Liverpool and Bournemouth, as well as a draw at Old Trafford and a 2 -
1 League Cup second - leg win over Manchester United to
League Cup second - leg win
over Manchester United to boost.
Arsenal's Champions
League history,
over the years, meant that they were in pot
1, with a relatively easier draw to look forward to.
Spanish duo Morata and Pedro both scored as the reigning Premier
League champions booked their place at Wembley with a 2 -
1 win
over the Foxes.
The
over / under was set at 2 minutes,
1 second, following Idina Menzel's 2:0
1 performance in the Major
League Baseball All Star Game this past summer.
The Gunners limped to a
1 - 0 win
over League One strugglers thanks to a Walcott goal, but the goalscorer was not able to finish the match.
They had to wait until the final day of the season to secure promotion, but an impressive and composed 4 -
1 victory
over UCLAN was enough to seal the
league title.
As a team they got
over 90 points (92), enough for most points scored in Week
1 and Erik «Most points of any player in Week
1» Rosen had 36 points (9 more points than any other single player in the whole
league on Sunday).
Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernandez had the game of his life Thursday night, hitting three home runs and driving in seven runs to lead his team to an
11 -
1 win
over the Cubs to clinch the National
League pennant and the franchise's first World Series trip in nearly three decades.
Alexandre Lacazette has proved to be amazingly consistent in the Ligue
1 in recent years, scoring
over 20
league goals in each of the last three seasons.
Fletcher scored six goals in 23
League One appearances for Barnsley, including the opening goal in Barnsley's 3 -
1 win
over Millwall in the
League One play - off Final at Wembley.
The incident occurred during United's
1 - 0 win
over Brighton at Old Trafford
over the weekend, with BBC Sport confirming that a three - man panel of former Premier
League referees was unable to reach a unanimous decision that it was a «sending off offence».
Arsenal went back to the top of the Premier
League table this evening with a 3 -
1 win
over Stoke City on match day
15.
They've done everything they possibly could
over the past 5 weeks — only 5 - 0 Team in the
League over the past 5 — including a W
over #
1 Team Lalez.
Manchester United came from
1 - 0 down to earn a 2 -
1 win
over CSKA Moscow in the Champions
League tonight for the perfect ending to their group stage campaign.
for the people who complained about our 3 -
1 win
over bournemouth last week, once more i have to remind them there is no easy games in this
league as liverpool, s loss shows us so please be happy with the 3 pts when we win!!
A look at the goalkeepers with most clean sheets in Champions
League history as Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas claims a new milestone after last night's
1 - 0 win
over Atletico Madrid...
As it sits right now, Salesian enters the North Coast Section Division V playoffs as the unquestioned No.
1 seed thanks to its Tri-County Athletic
League Rock Division title and a convincing nonleague win
over division foe Middletown.
Aubameyang got off to a great start in the Premier
League last night as he marked his Gunners debut with a superbly - taken goal in a 5 -
1 victory
over Everton.
While Vidal had 4 in one of the most
1 sided
leagues in the world and your nutting
over 4?
Paris Saint - Germain manager Laurent Blanc has confirmed that the Ligue
1 champions are negotiating with Di Maria
over a move to the Parc des Princes [via ESPN], and it would come as little surprise if the forward decides his Premier
League career is
over before it had even begun.
Van Gaal has opted to use the 3 -5-2 system that was so effectively employed by his Netherlands side at the World Cup since he took
over at Old Trafford, with Red Devils stars Daley Blind and Robin Van Persie thriving particularly in the 5 -
1 victory
over Spain, but it has not been quite as effective in the Premier
League and United's best winning run this season actually came in the midst of a brief switch to a 4 -4-2 diamond system.
Fact, Arsenal have lost countless players
over the past
10 years TH
14, RVP, Fabregas just for starters and still managed the consistency of Top 4, one CL final,
1 FA Cup and 2
league cup finals.
Since the Texans are salivating
over Watson's performance, it got me thinking about preseason star Chase Daniel, is he better than any week
1 starting QB in the
league?
The 22 year old has racked up
over 100 Ligue
1 appearances and has 22 national team caps to his name and is a player who could adapt well to life in the Premier
League.
Manchester United ended their horrendous eight - match winless run in all competitions as Wayne Rooney scored the winning goal in a 2 -
1 victory
over Swansea City in the Premier
League this afternoon.
So it may come as a surprise to learn that the 20 - year - old brought up 50 appearances for the Gunners in their
1 - 0 Premier
League victory
over Newcastle United yesterday.
The Citizens rolled
over Southampton 3 -
1 at the weekend in the Premier
League, but that match came at a cost as Sergio Aguero limped off with injury.
Arsenal have had a difficult start to the Premier
League campaign, despite successive
1 - 0 victories
over West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, leaving them a long way adrift of rivals Chelsea and Manchester City in the battle for top spot in the English top flight, which already looks like very much being a two horse race.
Cech was handed just his fifth Premier
League start this season in Wednesday night's 3 -
1 victory
over Leicester City, as a result of a hip injury to no.
1 stopper Courtois.
The pair collided during the Blues» 3 -
1 victory
over Derby County in the
League Cup quarter finals.
The New York Yankees are back in the American
League playoffs, clinching a postseason berth with a 5 -
1 win on Saturday afternoon
over the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Blues have won
12 consecutive Premier
League games — including a 2 -
1 victory
over Spurs at Stamford Bridge back in November.
In his Major
League Debut, Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig pulled off the heroic 9 - 3 double play to save Los Angeles» 2 -
1 victory
over the San Diego Padres.
Eddie Howe's Bournemouth have only scored one goal in their previous four Premier
League games, while Norwich have won three of their last five matches, including a 2 -
1 victory
over Man United at Old Trafford.
Crowned As champions of the five - team American Professional Soccer
League, the Colorado Foxes, for whom midfielder Chad Ashton scored in the 33rd minute on a direct free kick from 22 yards for a
1 - 0 victory
over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the title game.